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Experience
1994 - present
Reba Bennett Kennedy, Attorney at
Law
Reba Kennedy has been given an AV Rating by her peers in Martindale
Hubbell.
attorney co-counsel at trial level in large cases to
highest quality local attorneys/firms in either second chair,
advisory, or on-record/joint representation capacities;
appellate counsel in both state and federal courts,
including motion practice and appellate briefing and argument, again
both independently and as support for other counsel;
attorney-in-charge for independent representations
involving complex business litigation, contested trust and estate
matters, legal malpractice, and attorney grievance defense; no
family law, criminal defense, or small matters (under $150,000.00)
undertaken, with the exception of ad litem and pro bono
matters via judicial appointment.
Experience:
(1) as attorney-in-charge, lucrative settlement
(representing plaintiffs) of multi-million dollar legal malpractice
matter involving former Texas county judge on eve of trial in
hometown venue; complex, tiered settlement (representing plaintiffs)
of multi-million dollar stockbroker fraud/conspiracy matter in
mediation;
(2) as appellate counsel, numerous successful
judgments upon motion, both on independent docket and as support
counsel for various attorneys, state-wide; appellate representation
including oral argument at both state and federal level (Fifth
Circuit);
(3) as attorney co-counsel, representation in
multi-million dollar controversies including, within the past two
years, an international software design contractual dispute in
excess of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00); and
(4) as support counsel in (a) construction
litigation involving delay damages and extra work claims on a
multi-structured project, claims in excess of eight million dollars
($8,000,000.00), tried to verdict over a six week period (currently
responsible for appeal as attorney in charge of this $4,000,000.00
judgment); and (b) three month trial coordination of seven lawyer
team for six week trial to verdict of wrongful death claims (in
excess of $100,000,000.00) made against major grocery chain based
upon respondeat superior.
Additionally, independent experience in probate matters from an
ad litem perspective as well as civil contestant,
involving will contests and related disputes.
1986-1994
Soules
& Wallace in San Antonio, Texas
Trial and appellate work with Luke
Soules on complex business litigation matters, will
contests, antitrust, construction matters; first-chair trial and
appellate work on independent docket (1991-1994), including
first-chair insurance defense representation of international
fast-food restaurant chain; assisted in firm management of
approximately twenty (20) lawyer firm with responsibilities
including hiring/terminating, business development, technological
upgrade decision-making.
Experience: complex settlement of multi-million dollar
federal antitrust matter involving two of the leading exhibitors of
motion pictures (both within top five nationally); trial as co-first
chair and appeal (as appellee) of multi-million dollar commercial
leasehold dispute involving storage of polypropylene; trial to
verdict as first chair in successful defense of grievance matter
involving the then-first assistant District Attorney; first-chair
and appellate work involving the State Bar of Texas in its attempts
to discipline several extremely successful Houston/Gulf Coast area
personal injury attorneys; numerous motions for judgment, mandamus
issues, charge work.
Licensure
1986, State Bar of Texas; 1990, United States District
Court for the Western District of Texas; 1990, United States
District Court for the Southern District of Texas; 1992,
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; 2000,
Certified by State Bar of Texas to act as attorney ad litem
upon appointment by the courts (certification,
current).
Education
National College of Advocacy March 1991
National Institute of Trial Lawyers of America – national
week-long N.I.T.A. "trial college"
University of Texas School of Law, Doctorate of Jurisprudence May
1986
Dean’s Award for Distinction 1985
Who’s Who of American Law Students 1983
University of Texas at San Antonio, Bachelor of Business
Administration,
Finance, magna cum laude May 1983
National Dean's List 1981-1983
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Alpha Chi
Beta Gamma Sigma
Publications/Speaking Engagements
Speaker/Co-Author:
"Preservation of Error: From the Filing of the Lawsuit Through
the Time of Trial," assorted state-wide venues, 1995.
Co-Author: "Jury Questions," State Bar
of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course, 1989; and "Discovery:
Exemptions, Protective Orders, and Sanctions," University of Texas
Annual Trial Tactics Conference, 1988.
Professional Memberships
State Bar of Texas; Texas Center for Legal Ethics and
Professionalism; William B. Sessions Chapter, American Inns of Court
(2000-2003); Texas Bar Foundation.
Personal Information
member, American Mensa, Ltd.; program chair, SouthTexas Mensa;
congregant, Eagle's Nest Christian Fellowship, San Antonio, Texas;
member, Terrell Heights Neighborhood Association; friend, Gemini
Ink; volunteer, San Antonio Children’s Shelter.
Business: 6338 N. New Braunfels, No. 280, San Antonio,
Texas, 78209, (210) 787-1370; facsimile: (210) 787-1371; toll-free:
(888) 404-8965; email: reba@rebabennettkennedy.com.
Reba Kennedy has been given an AV Rating by
her peers in Martindale Hubbell.
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